BENGALURU: A special NIA court in Bengaluru on Tuesday sentenced a doctor to life imprisonment and two of his associates to 10 years in jail for their involvement in terror-related activities, including planning to carry out serial blasts before then US president Barack Obama’s visit to India in Jan 2015.
Special judge Gangadhara CM awarded life sentence to Dr Syed Ismail Afaq, who is married to a Pakistani woman, and also imposed a fine of Rs 1.4 lakh on him. Abdul Sabur and Saddam Hussain were handed 10 years of simple imprisonment and a fine of Rs 95,000 each.
Residents of Bhatkal in coastal Karnataka, all three are in their 30s and were arrested by Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths, led by then ACP B K Thammaiah.
Two others from Bhatkal accused in the case – Riyaz Ahmed and Jainullbuddin – were acquitted.
Then joint commissioner of police, CCB, M Chandrasekhar told TOI that the convicts were booked under provisions of IPC, UAPA and Explosive Substances Act.